Neuroscience – behavior – genetics – evolution
Columbia University
Andres Bendesky
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Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.
As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.
Go Knicks.
And what is also my favorite issue: big gray square.
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So... I got more information about this plan.
The most important points follow on the next posts.
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Excited to share new work on two sex-linked pigment traits in Xiphophorus! This project was led by undergrad @lagiven.bsky.social, who’s worked with me for the last 3(!) years. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Do you want to know if birds can use hair-like feathers as high-frequency sound receptors during echolocation? Join our team as PhD student or postdoc and find out!
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www.bi.mpg.de/2809383/job_...
Do you know an outstanding aquarist?
We're hiring a Senior Aquarist to help run our cephalopod facility at Columbia University. Our team maintains a colony of 250+ cuttlefish, develops new husbandry techniques (inc transgenics) & studies cuttlefish camouflage and social behavior. 1/3
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Dan Garisto
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Today we’re introducing an important new tool for grant writing -> QED’s “Implementation Agent”!
Starting TODAY, the constructive comments @qedscience.bsky.social gives you will appear directly on your DOCX file.
More info below, the waitlist is open: lnkd.in/dqm7KMW6
Now published: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Happy to have the chance to share this commentary by @will-milligan.bsky.social & me:
rdcu.be/fldBs.
Single Cell Genomics Day: A (Virtual) Practical Workshop.
June 12, 2026, organized by @nygenome.org's Rahul Satija
Free, livestreamed, no registration.
Sex-linked traits are widespread, but their genetic architecture has been challenging to characterize, due in part to the repetitive and structurally complex nature of sex chromosomes. In swordtails a...
Reluctant to post too much about this but I did want to share my favourite finding from the dozens of manipulated or duplicated ThermoFisher verification blots. This one has a giant square. Enjoy!
Jeremy Berg
Tris Dodge
Mutation rates per generation are strikingly similar across germlines of animals and across at least one somatic cell type, suggesting a key role for natural selection in shaping mutation rates. This ...
Nature Reviews Genetics - In this Comment, the authors argue that understanding the genetic basis of adaptation requires considering the genetic architecture and ecological properties of traits...
I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this:
Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff.
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Nicolas Robine 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇸
Happy to highlight an essay I wrote together with @marcdemanuel.bsky.social,
@natanaels.bsky.social and Anastasia Stolyarova, trying to think through what sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data.
@sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social
reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
Germline mutation rates per generation are strikingly similar across animals, despite vast differences in life histories. Analogously, in at least one somatic cell type, mutation rates at the end of l...
